https://www.vgmuseum.com/features/sgb/
Here's a museum of every known Super Gameboy boarder.
Do any of these catch your eye at all? If so, post 'em.

There's a lot of really good stuff. Hard to just pick one. Konami did some very soulful borders for the classic collections.
So I'll just post the one I use the most, doesn't get comfier than this.

I like the ones for Mario's Picross where it pretty much does the default border but in all the Play It Loud colors.
And some of the Game & Watch Gallery ones are nice.

The Konami collection ones are easily my favorites. I love the look of 90s computer GUIs and these nail the style perfectly.

Never heard of Dragon Dance but this one looks cool, if a bit overly complicated.

I prefer the boarders that are actually some sort of boarder, rather than ones that just look like someone went nuts with the sticker tool in a child's painting program.

Dq church

>>11765905
e.g. the kind of boarder I would rather just turn off

>>11765908
Or this, it's both that and pretty low-effort to boot.

>>11765908
This looks soulful, you might not like the cutesy anime designs but the spritework and colors are good
>>11765913
This is just depressing.
Also, worst one is probably the Smurfs one.

>>11765948
I don't have an issue with anime, my issue is that it doesn't look like a boarder so much as they just placed digital stickers of the characters all over the place.

>>11765948
>>11765962
Here's an anime one that I like because it looks like an actual border for example and not like a child just spent 10 seconds in a paint program for kids spamming the sticker tool.

I want to add a SGB style border to my indie game so bad but I don't know how to handle it not being at a fixed resolution

It's a shame that the SGB came out after the Gameboy Color, would have been great to have GBC game support on it.

>>11765975
Force it to a fixed resolution and give the option to scale at 1x, 2x, 3x, etc.

there are so many nice ones. honestly, my favourite might just be the gameboy internals default one in the super gameboy 2.

>>11765993
Some emulators have a "Super Game Boy Color" mode that enables SGB borders on GBC games, and IIRC if it's one of those hybrid GB/GBC games that also has SGB support, it'll load the GBC game and pull up it's unique SGB border, so you get all the benefits of both platforms.

>>11765842 (OP)
Very nice, thank you for this. This made me sad about the fact that Medabots never caught on in the west, but what can you do

>>11766056
That croc is pretty cool

>>11765842 (OP)
The Super Gameboy 2 was for the N64 right? Did it ever come out?
I know there's a GBA player for the n64 out there that devs received.

>>11766061
no, it was a japan exclusive that fixed the gamespeed issues of the original and also added a link cable port.

>>11765862
Comfiest border of all-time.

>>11766005
But the monitor could be any resolution/aspect ratio. I wonder how Undertale does it since it's the only modern game I know of that has a border, but I think it only has that on consoles which tell you "16:9 or fuck off" so it probably just doesn't account for it at all

>>11766313
>I wonder how Undertale does it
Exactly the way I said.
Lock it to a single aspect ratio and give the player a choice of different integer scales.

>>11765862
Yep, if a game doesn't have a cool border, that's the go-to. There were some good ones though, like Dragon Warrior 1+2.

>>11766356
Link's Awakening DX has a good one too.

>>11766356
And forgot pic.

>>11765842 (OP)
>Only 1 Wii GB emulator lets you use then and its VBA GX
>standalone overly stretches horizontally
>Bilinear sharp ia too soft
>Retroarch core is shit.

All i ever wanted is to play GBC with SGB borders on a 240p device.

>>11766368
Raspberry Pi with composite out should be able to do it. There's also RGB adapters if you're into that.

>>11766368
>Bilinear sharp ia too soft
The way bilinear sharp works makes it so the higher your resolution is, the sharper it'll look, because it only averages the output pixels that are where the scaled pixels touch (so the higher rest your output image is, the less of it has averaged pixel colors). It probably looks too soft because the Wii's output resolution is low, but it's great on a higher res display

>>11765862
Which game had this?

>>11766474
so the higher res your output image is*

my favorite!!

>>11765842 (OP)
VGMuseum? There's a name I've not heard in a long.

>>11765913
Just like how Warner treated Bugs Bunny and all animation after his 50th birthday.

>>11766475
This is one of the default borders that came with the system.

Theatre one is one of my faves, next to the daytime cabin.

Presented without context.

One of the few instances of the internals border released in an American game.

Here's all of the idle animations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FgTYZizDfI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIzneLwEo_c

>>11766478
Crt 240p

>>11766560
Holy soul! When I read "idle animations" I assumed it was something simple like a sprite spins once every 5 minutes or something like that, I wasn't expecting such intricate animations.

>>11766597
They're more like screensavers that go away if you touch the controls while they play.

>>11766325
Yeah that would probably be the correct option, I just get autistic about supporting other ratios like 5:4 and wouldn't want the sides of the border to get cropped off

>>11766886
The cabin one stays at whatever point in the day/night cycle you resume play at.

>>11767075
With a tiled border, you could support other aspect ratios and just fill it with those tiles while only increasing the game's size when the resolution can fit it.
You lose out on a lot of the creative things you can do with the borders in this thread, but it avoid empty space.

IIRC playing Pokemon via the transfer pak on N64 also uses its SGB borders.

Also IIRC you can play Crystal that which is a Color only game.

I like the Yoshi's Island style borders in the Game & Watch Gallery trilogy.

This Pokemon Pinball is kinda lame. Could have at least added some colour.

>>11767308
The Euro version is a bit better.

For me, it's Wario Land 2 which had different borders for every chapter

>>11767156
This is true.
Crystal, interestingly enough, uses a slightly-modified version of the Super Game Boy's default border despite the game itself containing Gold's border data internally. Meaning this wasn't a placeholder and was intentionally used instead of just making a different-colored variant of the GS border. For some reason.

>>11767312
Using a font that fits the design was a far better choice than just lazily slapping the homogenized brand logo on it, and I appreciate the JP/US border more for that reason.

>>11767382
I agree but I don't like the design.

The G&W is also nice but I can't find it anymore

>>11766560
I should add that select games like Donkey Kong exclusively would play sounds when used with the Super Game Boy.

>>11767664
Nice! Here's a similar one from Doraemon Kart 2.

>>11766056
Love it

>>11765842 (OP)
So I decided to check a few of these out based on their borders, but the only one that really impressed me was something called "Rock'n! Monster!". It's Super Game Boy enhancements are almost akin to that of DK94 with how much gets colorized.
It's basically a Puyo clone but with colors INSIDE colors that come out when the primary color vanishes. It's a lot more fun than it sounds, if a bit on the easy side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YruRpJZhmb0

>>11767167
This one mogs the shit out of the final version

>>11766356
I unironically want to live here. It looks comfy.

>>11765842 (OP)
This is missing a few borders from unreleased games from the Gigaleak.

>Hello Kitty Pocket Camera
>John Madden Football
>Pokémon Picross
And probably a few others that I missed.

>>11773279 (Me)
Forgot the English version of Robopon: Star Version in this list.

Skimming through these, I spotted that Choroq has four borders but two of them are embarrassingly low quality.
Not familiar with Choroq but judging by the first two borders it's a Slot Car game or anime franchise.

>>11774642
The low quality isn't that obvious viewed small scale, but on a big modern display without CRT filtering looks abysmal with exposed jpeg or video encoding compression that wasn't cleaned up or redrawn.

>>11765842 (OP)
It's interesting that so many late Gameboy/Color era games circa 1999-2001 supported SGB filters, even long after the SGB and SNES were discontinued.

>>11766063
>also added a link cable port.
Man it’s crazy how Pokemon was single-handedly responsible for not only artificially extending the life of the tremendously outdated Game Boy line but also encouraging the release of even more monochrome handhelds nearly a decade after the release of the full-color Lynx. I wonder how the handheld space would have looked like if we actually got the intended follow-up Atlantis/GBA by ‘98.

>>11765842 (OP)
I always play Link's Awakening with the cabin border.

Those super game boys borders really take me back. hidden memories locked away until seeing them unlocks it and the feels come back

The Pokémon Blue one is permanently burnt into my mind

>>11765903
There is this too

The Street Fighter port is trash, but I liked how it changed borders depending on the current stage.

>>11767358
desu I wish Crystal had just used half of the Gold border and half the Silver border, kinda lame but better than what it has now and still in keeping with the "GS" theme. But it was a rushed release (hence the long loading times for Crystal in Stadium 2, they made enough minor changes to Crystal before release that Stadium 2's cached ROM was no longer valid)

>>11777241
Bezels too big

>>11768871
With music straight out Nintendo World Cup!

>>11765842 (OP)
My weird dream is to make an SGB game. It’s the most fascinating retro gadget for me and it’s way too under-utilised.

>>11778301
>My weird dream is to make an SGB game
You'd have to consider the rules on what you can and can't use because if you go too far you're just making a SNES game with extra hassle.
The SGB's base features were the ability to define multiples of 8 pixel rectangles on the screen where you could specify 4 different colors to the base palette. Also sprites could have their own colors too. That's pretty much it.
Most of the other features were really just uploading SNES code through a tiny interfaces between the GB and the SNES and having the code execute natively. Borders and sound effects have no restrictions. If you wanted to upload an entire SPC and have fully snes music and sound, you could. If you wanted to use the SNES CPU as a co-processor, you could do that too. Mode7? Yep.
So really the trick to making an "SGB" game is to decide how far you're going to go and deciding that those are the restrictions you'll adhere to. Most retail SGB games were just borders, tacked on colors and the occasional stock SFX because all the development effort went on the GB game for obvious reasons.

I really like the Pokemon TCG one. The Club Medals don't actually appear when you start a new file, they start off empty and fill in as you get them in game, and then the blue turns gold once you beat the League. Shame literally no one ever plays it on the Super Game Boy because it uses the Game Boy Color's faster processor to have the AI think faster so each individual match is like 2-3x faster on a Game Boy Color.

>>11778058
I wanted them to fill out the screen instead of just fading out to black...

>>11778409
I’d keep it basic, but put in more effort. Imagine Metroid 2 where every area features different borders, Color palettes and some background SFX. To make it more atmospheric and for ease of orientation. Wario Land 2 seems to be just that.
https://www.youtube.com/live/labZgkMCohg?si=4zDstv-9PuPJ-7mL

Never knew mode7 could be utilised. Can’t imagine how.

>>11778859
This is some really good pixel work.

>>11778409
>If you wanted to use the SNES CPU as a co-processor, you could do that too. Mode7? Yep.
That sounds awesome. Do any games do this?

>>11778859
You made this? That's awesome. I think it looks better with the bezels in proportion, like how the Game Boy Pocket is depicted in the SGB2 default border, as seen here >>11767358

>>11781013
I recall that some Space Invaders game basically had a 16-bit SNES version on the cart if played in a SGB.

>>11781030
That's right, it does. It uploaded it to the SNES RAM and ran it from there. I thought you meant that the SNES CPU and mode 7 could be utilized in the Game Boy game.

>>11781049
It's also possible to run SNES games larger than the SNES's RAM by loading chunks at a time from the Game Boy ROM.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=aW_dVZWjjpg

I just love retro anime girls.

>>11781049
>I thought you meant that the SNES CPU and mode 7 could be utilized in the Game Boy game.
NTA, I was just answering the question on if any games used the SNES CPU in general, didn't know you meant specifically Mode 7 for Gameboy games.

>>11781028
>>11780902
Thanks. It was kinda a joke, but I agree the small bezels look nicer. The empty black makes me feel like something should be back there, but it would probably just look too busy.

>>11781214
Me too, man.
Too bad all the ones with them that I tried require extensive Japanese knowledge.
This border comes from one of them; it's called "Mini 4 Boy II Final Evolution" if any Japanese-understanding Anons want to give it a whirl.

>>11765842 (OP)
How do the unique SGB borders work? Is all that data on the SGB already or do the compatible GB games themselves send the unique border data to the SGB?

>>11782663
The Game Boy ROM stores extra graphics data that it can send to the Super Game Boy, and it can do it dynamically.
Some games support multiple borders and will change them as you play through the game.
Other games can also support additional color palettes, or even special ones that colorise the game.
Animaniacs even makes use of enhanced audio.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4uYc3q3SLY

The most notable Super Game Boy title though would be Space Invaders, which actually boots a SNES rom stored inside the Game Boy cart!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKsJokBb9bw
It can also play the Game Boy version with SGB enhancements.

>>11765967
Looks like shit.

>>11782658
>>11782657
>>11782645
>>11782643
AYO MARIO SIDDOWN NIGGA

>>11782735
Honestly I agree with our melanated brother here. This border is neat but I hate it.

>>11765842 (OP)
>Here's a museum of every known Super Gameboy boarder.
It's missing Pokemon Picposs, though.

>>11783997
While we are on the topic: what is the best western border?

>>11784154
I think VG Museum only covers actual retail releases.
It's a damn shame Pokémon Picross never made it to shelves. That leaked Sutte Hakkun GB and GBC game is good too.

>>11765842 (OP)
Is cool that the No$Gb emulator included these, wish modern emulators did it too

>>11765842 (OP)
I just got a Super Game Boy 2 this year. Got it CIB for about $60 shipped from US. Couldn't believe I got it for so cheap. I've been wanting one for years.

>>11785410
Nah there's a couple leaks in there like the beta pokemon g/s borders.

>>11785505
If you set it up in BIOS, the BSNES core in Retroarch can boot GB/C ROMs into SGB1 / SGB2 mode, not just display a border or set a color palette.
You should be able to do the cool shit like boot Space Invaders GB into a full SNES game, or play Animaniacs GB with enhanced colors and sound effects.

It's how I captured >>11782643 >>11782645 >>11782657 >>11782658

Playing in SGB2 mode is preferable by the way, since it has proper timer accuracy.
The SGB1 is known for running GB games slightly too fast. Speed runners disallow stock SGB1 for that reason.

>>11786004
I've done that before but the gameboy emulation was noticeably inaccurate. But that was like a decade ago, basically as soon as bsnes added the SGB feature, so maybe the gameboy emulation has improved.

>>11786258
nta and I had the same experience a while back, particularly with Pokemon Yellow not properly using its SGB features
looks like it's since been fixed

>>11782672
The SGB game with Build in samples for SFX that any game could use for free.
https://youtu.be/5BfSmt6eiIY?si=oc5PZpKHeCG7b7yx
I wonder if you could make a song with that

>>11786846
desu I didn't care for the SGB sound effects, the main one that comes to mind is Pauline's "help!" in Donkey Kong which just sounds awful compared to the GB SFX. Kirby had applause on the title screen which seemed pointless. Are there any actually good examples of SGB audio?

>>11787141
There are barely any games that use them and they mostly sound muffled. Bomberman sounds better without them.

>>11784154
It's missing others too, as I outlined in >>11773279 and >>11774610.

How come DQM2 got two borders but DQIII didn't?

>>11792762
*Didn't get any.

>>11792762
Because Dragon Quest III is a GBC exclusive and therefore won't run on an SGB.

is there a way to make the superboy load a custom background ?